Reading order
| # | Title | Published | Author | Buy on Amazon |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Her Viking Valentine | 2011 | Kristen Painter | Buy |
| 2 | Lost Boy | 2020 | Kristen Painter | Buy |
| 3 | Creeper | 2020 | Kristen Painter | Buy |
| 4 | Code Name: Mockingbird | 2022 | Kristen Painter | Buy |
| 5 | His Maker’s Mark | 2024 | Kristen Painter | Buy |
Kristen Painter’s short stories and novellas cover a range of genres across more than a decade of publishing. Her Viking Valentine (2011) was one of her early works, a paranormal romance novella. Later entries like Lost Boy and Creeper (both 2020) lean more toward suspense and darker themes, while Code Name: Mockingbird (2022) has an espionage angle.
His Maker’s Mark (2024) is the most recent entry and connects to Painter’s vampire fiction. These shorter works give readers a way to sample different facets of Painter’s writing without committing to a full series, and several of them explore genres and tones that differ from her popular cozy supernatural novels.